Accelerate Your Electrical Engineering Career — On Site, With the Experts Who Power Queensland

Stanwell is launching its Engineering Career Acceleration Program, designed for early-career engineers who want more than a desk job. Whether you're a recent graduate or have up to five years of post-grad experience, this is your opportunity to gain hands-on experience at Stanwell Power Station, just 30 minutes from Rockhampton.

Why Choose Stanwell?

Real-World Experience: From day one, you’ll be on site walking the plant, working with equipment, and collaborating with the people who keep it running.

Learn from Industry Leaders: Work alongside RPEQ qualified engineers and seasoned professionals passionate about mentoring the next generation.

Tailored Development: Accelerate your growth with a personalised development path and exposure to diverse engineering challenges.

Flexible Start: No fixed start date, we’re ready when you are.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Pressure Vessel and Piping Systems
• Large Rotating Equipment
• Boiler Equipment
• Water generation equipment
• Materials Handling Equipment

• Work hands-on with equipment such as:
  
  

• Investigating plant failures and recommending corrective actions
  
  
• Interpreting and updating technical drawings, manuals, and procedures
  
  
• Focusing on long-term plant health and reliability
  
  
• Developing and reviewing plant maintenance and operational strategies
  
  
• Creating and refining engineering procedures
  
  
• Collecting and analyzing plant health and performance data
  
  
• Assessing plant limitations and defining operational requirements
  
  
• Designing, recommending, and overseeing installation and commissioning of plant improvements
  
  
• Ensuring compliance with relevant engineering standards and regulations
  
  
• Making cost-effective plant change recommendations based on sound engineering principles
  
  
• Following Stanwell’s plant change management procedures
  
  
• Engaging with stakeholders to gather briefs and manage external consultants when needed
  
  
• Developing engineering solutions, directing drafting work, and preparing technical specifications
  
  
• Contribute to a strong safety culture and follow all HSE protocols.

What You’ll Get

4-Day Working Week: More time for life beyond work.

Competitive Salary: Reflecting your experience and prior career background.

Professional Development: Supported by our Learning & Capability team and Graduate Development Program.

Relocation Support: We’ll help you move and settle into the Rockhampton region.

Mentorship: Real guidance from professionals who want to see you succeed.

About You

Completing or recently completed a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (within the last five years)

Passionate about power generation, high-voltage systems, and instrumentation and control

Willing to relocate to the Rockhampton region — relocation assistance provided

Hold full working rights in Australia and a valid driver’s licence

What to Expect from the Process

Application – Tell us what drives you

Video Interview – Show us your personality and potential

Site Engagement Centre – Meet the team, walk the site, and explore your future home

Pre-employment screening - Background and reference checks, medical and right to work

This is your chance to build a meaningful engineering career — not from the sidelines, but right where the work gets done. Join us at Stanwell Power Station — where experience meets energy, and your future takes off.

About Stanwell

Stanwell is Queensland’s largest and most reliable electricity generator. We’re applying our forty years of experience in operational excellence to building a diverse portfolio including coal-fired power stations, renewable generation, storage, and firming to deliver Queensland’s future energy needs.?Experience an organisation that lives by its values to care, adapt and deliver and is constantly responding to create an environment where respect, inclusivity, safety, and wellbeing are delivered.

What’s next?

To submit your application, please apply online with your?CV.

Applications close: 11:55pm, 3 August 2025

Further information on Stanwell can be found online at www.stanwell.com

As part of the recruitment process, you may be required to undertake pre-employment checks (may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing).

Inclusion and diversity is an important part of shaping Stanwell’s culture and how our workplace operates. We recognise and value that it’s essential to creating a safe, inclusive, and productive workplace.

We are proactive about giving our people opportunities to excel and truly be themselves. We enable this through diversity, fairness, and flexible work practices.

If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.

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